F Rated Veterans Charity Busted: $24.6 Million Settlement with Attorney General

Jul 31, 2014

CharityWatch was the first to warn the public of a $8.4 million debt in 2008 and other serious problems with Disabled Veterans National Foundation (DVNF). The charity continued to dig...

Charity Salaries

Jul 31, 2014

Is it acceptable for the head of a nonprofit to earn a seven-figure salary? Upon what criteria should a salary be based? A recent study in JAMA Internal Medicine reveals...

Lack of Disclosure Makes Giving to Televangelists a Risky Business

Apr 1, 2014

Large religious TV networks that repeatedly ask you for charitable donations are allowed to hide how they spend your dollars. If you want to know if your donation is used...

Know Your Options When Giving to the Red Cross

Oct 28, 2013

In the wake of any humanitarian disaster that hits the U.S., the American Red Cross (Red Cross) usually takes the lead in providing immediate and long-term disaster relief services. The...

Dishonored Veterans Charity Sued by California AG

Sep 6, 2013

Help Hospitalized Veterans (HHV), which earns an F rating from CharityWatch, has been sued by California's Attorney General. The AG shares CharityWatch's long held position that HHV's accounting gimmicks inflate...

Coalition Against Breast Cancer Dissolved by New York Attorney General’s Office

May 7, 2013

The F rated Coalition Against Breast Cancer has been shut down by NY AG Eric Schneiderman. Though CABC claimed to use donated funds for breast cancer research and prevention programming,...

Fundraising Reduction Notice

May 17, 2012

When you give money to a charity or nonprofit group, enclose a note requesting that the organization not rent, sell or exchange your name, address and giving history with anyone...

Operation False Charity: Nationwide Crackdown on Dishonest Fundraising

Aug 1, 2009

The AIP along with AARP, the National Association of Attorneys General, the National Association of Secretaries of State and a few other public service organizations partnered with the Federal Trade...

Matchless Matching Campaign

Dec 1, 2006

The Union of Concerned Scientists recently conducted a fundraising campaign, "Save the Science," which promised that the UCS board of directors would "match all contributions from UCS members from now...

Know Your Red Crosses: Is the International Committee of the Red Cross Disservicing America?

Aug 1, 2005

Many people think of the Red Cross as only one entity. There are actually three major types of Red Cross organizations included in the Red Cross Movement: the national Red...